1. Adam Smith

Adam Smith often wanted to allow free market to regulate.

 Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business

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2. Aristotle 

Aristotle a greek philosopher, inspired the Westeren philosphy system we have in place.  

one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers, his writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy

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3.Baron de Montesquieu

Because of Baron de Montesquieu, the Founding Fathers decided to add the three branches of government to our government. 

French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

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4. The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment was a period of various types of intellectuals.   

a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions

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5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

 According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau all people were born good.

Believed people in the natural state were basically good, but that they were corrupted by the evils of society, especially due to the unequal distribution of wealth

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6. John Locke 

 The philospher John Locke, believed that once every human was born they were born with natural rights. 

Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights

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7. Laissez Faire

Some intellectuals just laissez faire, without the consent of others. 

Allows business to operate with little or no government interference

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8.Philosophy

Many intellectuals use philosophy to help themselves answer questions about existence.  

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

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9.Plato

Socrates taught Plato very well, and Plato went on to become his most well-known student. 

ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings"

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10. Social Contract

Even though it goes unseen, society has an unwritten contract. 

The unwritten agreement between individuals and society in which individual rights are traded for overall order (decrease of chaos)

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11.Socrates

Socrates often used the socratic method during his time.

ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answers

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12. Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes had the belief that humans were born evil.

English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)

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13. Voltaire

Because of his wit, Voltaire was exiled to England. 

French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech

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